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Today’s Word Of Encouragement From Wayne:   “But as for you Bethlehem Ephrathah, too little to be among the clans of Judah, from you One will go forth for Me to be ruler in Israel. His goings forth are from long ago, from the days of eternity. This One will be our peace.” Micah 5:2&5   Just as God, through Isaiah, prophesied that Messiah was coming to be “‘Immanuel’ which translated means, ‘God with us’” (Matthew 1:23, Isaiah 7:14), God, through Micah, prophesied that Messiah

Today’s Word Of Encouragement From Wayne: “Now all this took place to fulfill what was spoken by the Lord through the prophet: ‘Behold, the virgin shall be with child and shall bear a Son, and they shall call His name Immanuel,’ which translated means, ‘God with us.’” Matthew 1:22-23   In the opening chapter of Matthew’s Gospel we are given a beautiful prophetic word, through Isaiah, of Christ being born for us as our Immanuel, “God with us.”   Then, in the closing chapter of

Today’s Word Of Encouragement From Wayne: “The Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, a virgin will be with child and bear a son, and she will call His name Immanuel.” Isaiah 7:14   God has given us His sign and His sign is His Son, born miraculously of a virgin for us so we might be “born again” (John 3:7) miraculously in Him, our Immanuel, our “God with us” (Matthew 1:23).   In my life, my understanding is that God’s sign to me is always His Son, and His Son lives in us

Today’s Word Of Encouragement From Wayne: “Now all this took place to fulfill what was spoken by the Lord through the prophet: ‘Behold, the virgin shall be with child and shall bear a Son, and they shall call His name Immanuel,’ which translated means, ‘God with us.’” Matthew 1:22-23   It is truly, wonderfully, amazing to think that this word, prophesied through Isaiah two thousand seven hundred years ago, and fulfilled in the Person of Jesus Christ two thousand years ago, co

Today’s Word Of Encouragement From Wayne: “For a child will be born to us, a son will be given to us; and the government will rest on His shoulders; and His name will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Eternal Father, Prince of peace.” Isaiah 9:6   Praise God! Jesus Christ has been “born to us” that He might live in us, now, as our “Prince of Peace.”   So, let us allow His peace to gently reign in our hearts today.   Peace is the fabric, the very nature of the kingdom

Today’s Word Of Encouragement From Wayne: “For a child will be born to us, a son will be given to us; and the government will rest on His shoulders; and His name will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Eternal Father, Prince of peace.” Isaiah 9:6   This glorious prophecy through Isaiah, of our Savior Jesus Christ’s birth, culminates in the title “Prince of Peace.” Certainly a large motivating factor in our own willingness and ability to actually hear our “Wonderful Co

Today’s Word Of Encouragement From Wayne: “For a child will be born to us, a son will be given to us; and the government will rest on His shoulders; and His name will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Eternal Father, Prince of peace” Isaiah 9:6   Wait, how can this be? How can the son who “will be given to us” be called “Eternal Father?” How is this possible?   How can “Eternal Father” God also be, at the same time, the “child” who “will be born to us?   The answer l

Today’s Word Of Encouragement From Wayne: “For a child will be born to us, a son will be given to us; and the government will rest on His shoulders; and His name will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Eternal Father, Prince of peace.” Isaiah 9:6   God’s son, Who has been graciously “given to us” that we would know Him as our “Wonderful Counselor,” is also “Mighty God.”   What does this tell us about our Mighty God?   I’m struck by how lovingly and tenderly God calls

Today’s Word Of Encouragement From Wayne: “For a child will be born to us, a son will be given to us; and the government will rest on His shoulders; and His name will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Eternal Father, Prince of peace” Isaiah 9:6   I love that “Wonderful Counselor” is the first name mentioned for the “son” Who “will be given to us” in this passage from Isaiah. Even before God mentioned His Own mighty, eternal presence and Lordship, He first wanted peop

Today’s Word Of Encouragement From Wayne: “You shall anoint Aaron and his sons, and consecrate them, that they may minister as priests to Me” Exodus 30:30   God considers ministering “as priests to Me” to be an anointing and an act of consecration.   In this day we, the body of Christ, have been freely offered and called to this same anointing and consecration, to be “a royal priesthood, a people for God’s Own possession, so that you may proclaim the excellencies of Him who h